Here’s a very cute mini speaker. This 45 x 45 x 45mm cubic speaker plugs into your portable media players like any standard 3.5mm headphone. It doesn’t require any batteries or power adapters and is available in white and black. Perfect for your iPod!

The speaker should be available online from Bird Electron within the next week, at around 3,000 Yen (US$26).

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Millennium Music has a nice deal for those of you with huge piles of dusty old CDs still lying around in the house. They want all your old CDs and in return, they’ll give you a brand new iPod!

Not just any CD mind you, just in case you are already having the idea of giving them your school choir’s album. But their quality criteria is fairly reasonable.

45 CDs – 0.5GB iPod Shuffle
65 CDs – 1GB iPod Shuffle
85 CDs – 2GB iPod Nano
110 CDs – 4GB iPod Nano
130 CDs – 30GB iPod
175 CDs – 60GB iPod

If you can’t manage to dig out enough CDs for your dream iPod, they’ll still allow you to pay the difference. To enjoy the deal, simply give them a visit with your CDs or ship the CDs to them.

Update (January 7, 2006): With all the overwhelming responses in the Comments below, it’s easy to see that this deal is simply not worth trying. The CD acceptance rate is horrible, and then there’s the complication of shipping unaccepted CDs back. You’re probably better off selling your CDs off to your local record store.

This Snoopy iPod Nano set features a special edition 2GB iPod Nano that has Snoopy and Woodstock engraved on its back. The set also includes 3 unique Snoopy face-plates, a case, a lanyard, and a beautiful box to brag to the world that you own a limited Snoopy iPod Nano. There’s only 1000 sets available worldwide, so it’s quite big deal. Furthermore, it’s priced at a mere 33,600 Yen (US$288). They’ll get snatched up like hot cakes!

Unfortunately, that damn Kitty got her iPod first. But at least that mouse and that bear hasn’t got one yet. Or do they?

[via Akihabaranews]

Waterproof up to 3 feet depths, the OtterBox for iPod Nano can be combined with waterproof headphones to provide underwater music pleasures! As crazy as it sounds, the OtterBox is actually dust-proof, dirt-proof, sand-proof, and drop-proof as well. Not too bad after all eh? A “thin membrane” also protects the iPod Nano’s ClickWheel while retaining its full functionality. Available for pre-order now at $39.95.

Then again, do you really need this much protection? You do know that it makes your iPod look pretty crappy, right?

[Via iPodNN]

This Hello Kitty iPod Mini with BE@RBRICK set was available since April in Japan, and only 2000 sets were made available. But now, people in the States will get to enjoy some Kitty love as well! Sanrio Surprise, the U.S. retail outlet organization for Japan’s Sanrio, will be carrying this music player and bear holder set, priced at $375.

Like most things Hello Kitty, lots of sweet pink. And it comes with 6GB of storage, a Hello Kitty carrying case, a Hello Kitty BE@RBRICK that is actually an iPod holder, and Hello Kitty + iPod logos at the player’s back that defines you as the ultra-sweet technogirl!

If like myself, you are neither in Japan nor in the States, check out eBay. At the time of this writing, there are several sets up for sale, with a starting bid of only $300.

[Via BornRich, thanks Veronia!]

This iPod Holder and Speaker Chair looks pretty cute. It hugs your iPod in a rather interesting way, and on its feet are 2 4? speakers. A fun way to play your tunes in the office!

The product page is in Japanese, and running it through Babel Fish doesn’t seem to show any online purchase option. So if you’re desperate for an iPod holder and speaker, you might wanna check out eBay.

[via Akihabaranews]

I could never figure out why the iDog managed to sell so well. It’s not even cute. And come January 2006, Sega will release yet another fugly toy called the iFish. We can safely assume that it’ll be capable of iDog’s same old tricks, such as flapping its fins to the music, reacting to movement and light, composing music, and acting as a speaker. Let’s see if it sells as well as the puppy.

[via Gizmodo]

Last week, Creative introduced their new Zen Vision:M portable media player. Unlike the Zen Vision, this model fails to surprise. The two models are very different, instead the new model is similar to iPod Video, where video playback seems more like a bonus than a main feature.

Here are some of Zen Vision:M’s features:

• 2.5-inch 320×240 display
• Only 30-gigabyte model at the time of this writing
• 62 x 104 x 19mm (almost double of iPod’s thickness)
• 14 hours of audio playback
• 4 hours of video playback (double of iPod’s)
• FM tuner
• Voice recording
• Video support for MPEG-4, WMV, Motion JPEG, DivX, and XviD
• Audio support for MP3 and WMA

As we can see, other than being so much thicker than iPod, the Zen Vision:M is quite a decent player. And currently priced at 39,800 Yen (US$331), it makes deciding between this and iPod tough.

[via Engadget]

We all know that diamonds are so damn hard. Hence it’s logical to protect that easily-scratchable iPod Nano of yours with an Intergem diamond-encrusted case, is it not? With over 580 diamonds totalling 10.32 carats and set on 120g of 14K white gold, you can be sure that your iPod Nano is safe from scratches and knocks. Although we can’t guarantee that you won’t get robbed.

Priced at $12,495, Intergem will even throw in an iPod Nano 4GB. Buy a case, get an iPod free. Sweet deal! The diamond case will be displayed at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL on December 9–11, 2005. And at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA on December 16–18, 2005.

[via Engadget]